Paul Allen was at the forefront of the personal computer revolution, co-founding Microsoft with his buddy Bill Gates in 1975. And while it has been years since Allen wrote code for… Read More
The launch of Microsoft’s Surface tablet tomorrow is generating lots of buzz, but will it generate lines? Actually, the answer is already yes, at least in Beijing — where hundreds… Read More
Don’t expect Amazon to be jumping on the pop-up store bandwagon this holiday season. Just after the Seattle retailer posted its third quarter financial results — which included a $274… Read More
Casual games are almost as much a part of Seattle’s fabric as coffee and airplanes. But now, it appears one of the bedrock institutions of the industry is pulling up… Read More
On Apple’s earnings call just now, CEO Tim Cook was asked for his opinion of Microsoft’s Windows 8 and its Surface tablet, and their potential to challenge the iPad in… Read More
It’s a time of transition in the wireless industry, and Clearwire remains a pawn in the ongoing battle as Sprint, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile look to bolster their networks. Today,… Read More
Apple sold 14 million iPads in its latest quarter, up 26 percent but still below the expectations of Wall Street analysts, even though many of them had lowered those targets… Read More
Shares of Expedia jumped more than 13 percent as the Bellevue online travel company reported stronger revenue and profits than analysts expected in part buoyed by hotel room sales in… Read More
Amazon.com’s third quarter financial results are out and it’s not looking good for the Seattle retailer. The company said net sales rose 27 percent to $13.81 billion in the third… Read More
Shares of Pandora slumped today after Bloomberg News reported that Apple plans to launch a new ad-based online music service early next year. Pandora fell more than 11 percent, with… Read More
[Editor’s note: GeekWire is running a series of profiles on the startups participating in this year’s class in the TechStars Seattle incubator program. Check back each day at 1:30 p.m.… Read More
While they aren’t going to fly over buildings and fry computers with microwaves, drones managed by the City of Seattle may help during rescue missions, disaster responses and traffic accidents.… Read More
A group of University of Washington students have won first prize in the 3D4D Challenge, earning $100,000 for a giant 3-D printer device that transforms waste plastics into low-cost, lightweight… Read More
Amazon just announced its new Kindle app for Windows 8 — getting in on the ground floor with the new Microsoft operating system and the new Windows Store, a day… Read More
Microsoft is holding its Windows 8 launch event right now in New York City, where Windows chief Steven Sinofsky is on stage talking up the new operating system prior to… Read More
We all remember school science fairs — lots of posters, people and presentations packed into a large area. Consider Wednesday evening at the University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Department… Read More
Browsium, a Redmond company run by a team of former Microsoft managers, has developed a new tool that lets companies assign certain websites to specific browsers on user computers —… Read More
Later this morning, at a launch event in New York City, Microsoft will introduce Windows 8 to the world. Tomorrow, Windows 8 will debut in stores. This is the biggest… Read More
It’s been a tough real estate market over the past few years, forcing hundreds of thousands of property owners into foreclosure. But that’s also created some buying opportunities. Now, Zillow… Read More
We had a blast Tuesday night at the GeekWire Meetup, listening to the pitches of four inspirational entrepreneurs and belting out some classic karaoke tunes (yes, we do have video of Jonathan Sposato’s incredible… Read More
Two days and counting, my new Surface will arrive. As an avid gadget guy, I’m pumped about this launch with Windows 8. Could this be the breakthrough consumer product that… Read More
It wasn’t the finals of American Idol, but the karaoke session at our Fall Meetup Tuesday evening sure seemed like it. More than 200 people from the Seattle community enjoyed… Read More
Chal Davidson, the former lead engineer at TerraPower, the nuclear reactor startup backed by Intellectual Ventures and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has emerged at the helm of a new startup… Read More
Shares of F5 Networks tumbled more than 10 percent in after hours trading today after the Seattle maker of networking equipment and software missed its fourth quarter numbers and scaled… Read More
[Editor’s note: GeekWire is running a series of profiles on the startups participating in this year’s class in the TechStars Seattle incubator program. Check back each day at 1:30 p.m.… Read More
After posting our initial Tablet “Cheat Sheet” yesterday, to help keep track the array of tablets hitting the market, we received lots of feedback from readers suggesting improvements and additions.… Read More
There were a few moments Tuesday night at Seattle’s Crocodile Cafe where I thought I was on the set of American Idol. Yes, the karaoke was that good, and GeekWire’s… Read More
The University of Washington computer science department sends more than half of its grads to just four companies: Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. And while those tech giants pay well… Read More
A message from Mike Leach to his athletes: Stop Tweeting. On Tuesday, the first-year Washington State head football coach banned his players from Twitter. The Spokesman-Review reports that Leach would give… Read More
Howard Phillips was one of the first employees of Nintendo of America — starting in 1981 at the age of 23 as the company’s shipping and warehouse manager at its… Read More